Fudge
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Fudge
Old-Fashioned Peanut ButtermediumCleanup score 3 of 5
Cheap eats
184 recipes that come to about $2 a serving or less, worked out from each recipe's own ingredient list and U.S. average grocery prices. Cheapest first.
Estimate; prices vary by store and region. U.S. average prices for September 2026 from BLS Average Price Data and USDA ERS Purchase to Plate prices updated with the BLS Consumer Price Index. A recipe shows a figure only when we can price at least 85% of its ingredients by weight; salt, spices and anything we can't match aren't in the total.
43 recipes in Desserts, page 1 of 2
Recipes
About $0.10 a serving (estimate)
Snickerdoodles
Soft and Puffy Cinnamon Sugar Snickerdoodles
ClassiceasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.10 a serving (estimate)
Thumbprint Cookies
Buttery Jam Thumbprint Cookies
Jam-FilledeasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.10 a serving (estimate)
Molasses Cookies
Chewy Ginger Molasses Crinkle Cookies
Chewy Ginger CrinkleeasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.10 a serving (estimate)
Sugar Cookies
Soft Sugar Cookies (No Rolling Pin Needed)
Soft DropeasyCleanup score 1 of 5
About $0.10 a serving (estimate)
Christmas Cut-Out Cookies
Cut-Out Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
Sugar Cookies with Royal IcingmediumCleanup score 3 of 5
About $0.15 a serving (estimate)
Peanut Butter Cookies
Soft Peanut Butter Cookies with a Fork Crosshatch
ClassiceasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.15 a serving (estimate)
Sugar Cookies
Lemon Cut-Out Sugar Cookies with Lemon Glaze
Lemon Cut-OutmediumCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.15 a serving (estimate)
Shortbread
Brown Sugar Pecan Slice-and-Bake Shortbread
Brown Sugar Pecan Slice-and-BakemediumCleanup score 3 of 5
About $0.15 a serving (estimate)
Christmas Cut-Out Cookies
Spiced Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies
GingerbreadmediumCleanup score 3 of 5
About $0.20 a serving (estimate)
Lemon Bars
Classic Lemon Bars with Shortbread Crust
Classic Shortbread CrusteasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $0.20 a serving (estimate)
No-Bake Cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter OateasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $0.20 a serving (estimate)
Shortbread
Classic Butter Shortbread Wedges
Classic Pan WedgeseasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $0.20 a serving (estimate)
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Chewy Spiced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Chewy SpicedeasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.20 a serving (estimate)
Brownies
Fudgy One-Bowl Cocoa Brownies
Fudgy One-BowleasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $0.20 a serving (estimate)
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy OatmealeasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.25 a serving (estimate)
Rice Pudding
Creamy Stovetop Cinnamon Rice Pudding
Cinnamon VanillaeasyCleanup score 5 of 5
About $0.25 a serving (estimate)
Fudge
Easy Chocolate Fudge
Easy ChocolateeasyCleanup score 4 of 5
About $0.25 a serving (estimate)
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
ClassiceasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.25 a serving (estimate)
Blondies
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
Brown ButtereasyCleanup score 3 of 5
About $0.25 a serving (estimate)
Double Chocolate Cookies
Fudgy Double Chocolate Cookies
FudgyeasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.25 a serving (estimate)
Peanut Brittle
Classic Buttery Peanut Brittle
ClassicmediumCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.30 a serving (estimate)
Pie Crust
Flaky All-Butter Pie Crust (Double Crust)
All-Butter Double CrustmediumCleanup score 4 of 5
About $0.30 a serving (estimate)
Pound Cake
Classic Vanilla Butter Pound Cake
Classic Vanilla LoafeasyCleanup score 2 of 5
About $0.35 a serving (estimate)
How we work it out
Every measured ingredient is weighed the way our nutrition estimate weighs it, then priced with an official U.S. average: the Bureau of Labor Statistics' average price for the month where BLS publishes that food (flour, eggs, milk, butter, chicken, ground beef...), and otherwise the USDA Economic Research Service's Purchase to Plate national average price for 2017-18, raised to September 2026 with the BLS Consumer Price Index for that food group. Bone-in cuts are priced with the bone. Tap water is free.
No store's prices and no affiliate prices. You'll pay for whole packages, and store brands, sales, stores and regions all change the real cost, so treat each figure as a ballpark for comparing recipes.
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